Monday, January 31, 2011

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policyhttp://cybertelecomclips.blogspot.com/============================================We shall hew out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope. -MartinLuther King, Jr.

2-Feb 2011 ????, The IPv4 Depletion SiteAs everybody can see, my depletion countdown has been showing "today"for quite some time now. The reason is that APNIC's pool is at a levelwhere they normally would request and get 2 x /8 allocated from IANA.At this point in time, the IANA depletion date is defined by thediscrete event when IANA decides to delegate these last 2 blocks toAPNIC. However, APNIC and/or IANA are for some reason is waitinglonger than expected to finalize this last delegation.http://www.ipv4depletion.com/?p=564More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

IPv6 address design, IPv6 Act NowThere are a few culprits that regularly contribute to delayed orfailed IPv6 deployment projects, such as poor DNS planning,insufficient testing, unanticipated application behavior, and poorIPv6 support in peripheral support, management, or security systems.Many deployment projects suffer temporary halts when the original IPv6address design is found to be inadequate – in a few cases, the addressdesign has had to be reworked more than once.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/-4aUDzkir6Y/More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Egypt Leaves the Internet, RenesysConfirming what a few have reported this evening: in an actionunprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears tohave ordered service providers to shut down all internationalconnections to the Internet. Critical European-Asian fiber-opticroutes through Egypt appear to be unaffected for now. But everyEgyptian provider, every business, bank, Internet cafe, website,school, embassy, and government office that relied on the big fourEgyptian ISPs for their Internet connectivity is now cut off from therest of the world. Link Egypt, Vodafone/Raya, Telecom Egypt, EtisalatMisr, and all their customers and partners are, for the moment, offthe air.http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtmlMore Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm

What should the U.S. learn from Egypt's use of the "Internet KillSwitch?", Center for Internet and SocietyThe outbreak of civil unrest in Egypt this week has unfolded withrapid momentum. As in Tunisia, access to video, Twitter and otherfeeds at first appeared to help the Egyptian citizenry stand up fortheir democratic and human rights, including the right to be safe intheir homes and businesses, and to come to consensus on being so.http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/6601More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm

Maldives to Egypt: Can a Revolution be Censored?, Global VoicesWhen the Egyptian government decided to go for a total Internetshutdown of the country to curb the growing anti-government protests,people in the Maldives were reminded of 13 August 2004 when thegovernment of Maldives blocked Internet in the country following amassive pro-democracy demonstration. The government of Maldivescracked down on protesters, shutdown the Internet completely acrossthe country, imposed a state of emergency, and hoped news of events inthe Maldives would not reach the rest of the world.http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/01/30/maldives-to-egypt-can-a-revolution-be-censored/More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm

Privacy in a Mobilized World, AT&TIt's National Data Privacy Day and what better way to celebrate thanto look at the progress on privacy made yesterday by our friends atGSMA – the association representing the worldwide mobilecommunications industry. We have been pleased to work with the GSMAfolks and other industry members to develop a set of universal PrivacyPrinciples as part of GSMA's Mobile Privacy Initiative.http://attpublicpolicy.com/privacy/privacy-in-a-mobilized-world/More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Privacy & Innovation: A Data Privacy Day Reflection, Center forInternet and SocietyThe intuition that privacy and innovation are somehow opposed issurprisingly common. It is true that overzealous or reactionaryappeals to privacy can cut off interesting ventures. (For instance,some believe Steamtunnels would have evolved into a social network in1999 were it not shut down by the Stanford University due to privacyand copyright concerns.) But privacy generally supports innovation,and vice versa.http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/6598More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Internet 'Kill Switch' Legislation Back in Play, WIREDLegislation granting the president internet-killing powers is to bere-introduced soon to a Senate committee, the proposal's chief sponsortold Wired.com on Friday. The resurgence of the so-called "killswitch" legislation came the same day Egyptians faced an internetblackout designed to counter massive demonstrations in that country.http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/oGLY8lcRk-Q/More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/

Thursday, January 27, 2011

TPRC PresentsThe 39th Research Conference on Communication, Information, and Internet PolicyHosted by George Mason University Law School, Arlington, VirginiaFriday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25, 2011www.tprc.org

TPRC is an annual conference on communication, information andinternet policy that convenes international and interdisciplinaryresearchers and policymakers from academia, industry, government, andnonprofit organizations. Its purpose is to present original researchrelevant to policy making, share the knowledge requirements ofpractitioners, and engage in discussion on current policy issues. Theconference program consists of presentations selected from submittedpaper abstracts, student papers and panel submissions.

TPRC is now soliciting abstracts of papers, panel proposals, andstudent papers for presentation at the 2011 conference, to be heldSeptember 23-25, 2011 at the George Mason University Law School, inArlington, Virginia. These presentations should report currenttheoretical or empirical research relevant to communication andinformation policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective – thesole criterion is research quality. Themes of particular interestinclude, but are not limited to:

Submissions are due by March 31, 2011. Abstracts and panel proposalsmust be submitted electronically at http://www.tprc.org by followingthe submit button at the end of each topic description. Standards forabstracts are provided below. The review process is single blind, anda short biographical sketch for each author is required.

Acceptances/rejections will be provided by May 15, 2011. Completepapers for accepted abstracts will be due to TPRC on August15, 2011.Papers not submitted in final form by the due date will be removedfrom the program. At least one author of the paper is expected toattend the conference to present the accepted submission.

Students are encouraged to submit papers for the student papercompetition. Visit our web site, www.tprc.org for the Student PapersCFP. Full student papers must be submitted by April 30, 2011.

We also welcome proposals for panel discussions of broad interest.These should include a description of the panel topic, a proposedpanel moderator and a list of possible panelists. Panel proposalsshould be submitted by March 31, 2011 at http://www.tprc.org.

The journals Telecommunications Policy and Journal on InformationPolicy will both invite papers for special issues from this year'sconference. Guest editors drawn from the TPRC Program Committee willinvite selected authors to submit their papers for review.

The Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law at MichiganState University, The Public Policy Research Center at the Universityof Florida, The Public Utility Research Center at the University ofFlorida, The University of Pennsylvania School of Law - Center forTechnology, Innovation, and Competition, University of Colorado -Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado – InterdisciplinaryTelecommunications Program, Syracuse University – School ofInformation Studies, University of Southern California - AnnenbergSchool for Communication and Journalism, University of Michigan Schoolof Information, Cardozo Law School Intellectual Property andInformation Law Program

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policyhttp://cybertelecomclips.blogspot.com/============================================"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral,begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishingevil, it multiplies it. Through violence you murder the hater, but youdo not murder hate. In fact, violence, merely increaseshate....Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, addingdeeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannotdrive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive outhate; only love can do that."--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Study shows Net supports civic engagement, Net Family NewsCertainly "clicktivism" isn't the all of social activism - it's acomplement to it - but it's clear the Internet is an increasinglyimportant support to civic engagement in this country, a just-releasedPew/Internet survey shows. According to Pew's report, 75% of US adultsare active in some kind of voluntary group, and 80% of those who usethe Net are (compared with 56% of non-Internet users). Drilling down abit more,http://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=29889More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

Comcast/NBCU: Central Casting, CrawfordThe biggest communications policy moment since the AT&T divestiturehas just happened: The $100 million-dollar-march (or more - whatComcast spent to make sure this happened) has ponderously,self-evidently reached its conclusion with the FCC's approval of themerger between Comcast and NBCU. It wasn't the subtlest campaign; itdidn't need to be; it was effective in its discipline and heavypersistence. The tweets are flying and the journalists are alreadyweighing in.http://scrawford.net/blog/comcastnbcu-central-casting/1430/More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm

In Allowing Comcast/NBC Universal Merger, U.S. Government Recognizesthe Importance of Online Video, PKYesterday, the U.S. Government officially recognized the competitivepotential of online video. This isn't a reason to cheer the approvalof the merger between Comcast and NBCU--as Commissioner Coppsrecognized, no plausible conditions or commitments could remedy all ofthe bad effects of the merger. But observers have realized for a whilethat the merger was a done deal. All that was politically possible wasto try to get the best conditions on it as possible. While thespecifics of the conditions might not be perfect, the fact that somany of them addresshttp://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/NeOWfCmbXTY/allowing-comcastnbc-universal-merger-us-goverMore Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm

White House: Private Sector Must Lead Internet Security Fight, Ecommerce TimesThe world of e-commerce is booming -- but on a parallel track,identity theft, loss of privacy and fraud are skyrocketing as well.While the government has a role in combating Internet security abuses,two top administration officials visited Silicon Valley to emphasizethat the private sector needs to lead the way inhttp://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/71665.htmlMore Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/

Work E-Mail Not Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege, Court Says, WiredE-mails between a client and attorney are no longer consideredprivileged and confidential if the client writes the messages from awork e-mail account, a California court of appeals has ruled. The 3-0decision Thursday by the Sacramento-based Third Appellate Districtmeans that if you intend to sue your employer, don't discuss thelawsuit with an attorney using company e-mail. The company has a rightto access it and use it against you in court.http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/PptA6ANhHGM/More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/email.htm

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policyhttp://cybertelecomclips.blogspot.com/============================================"Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mohandas Gandhi

Net Neutrality: Both Sides Are Wrong, CommLawBlogNet neutrality is one of those issues that sharply divide the country.Those who take sides in the debate, do so passionately. To call it a"debate," though, is misleading. In a debate, people listen to eachother before responding. On network neutrality—as in health care,financial reform, and other key national issues—people just shout ateach other. Making matters worse, the two sides not only holdconflicting opinions, but deal in conflicting facts.http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/kk7HvosgByo/More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Major Websites Commit to 24-Hour Test Flight for IPv6, Business Wire-Facebook, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), websiteswith more than one billion combined visits each day, are joining majorcontent delivery networks Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) and Limelight Networks(NASDAQ: LLNW), and the Internet Society, for the first global-scaletrial of the new Internet Protocol, IPv6. On June 8, 2011, dubbed"World IPv6 Day," participants will enable IPv6 on their main servicesfor 24 hours. With IPv4 addresses running out this year, the industrymust act quickly to accelerate full IPv6 adoption or risk increasedcosts and limited functionality online for Internet users everywhere.The companies are coming together to help motivate organizationsacross the industry—Internet service providers, hardwaremanufacturers, operating system vendors and other web companies—toprepare their services for the transition.http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110112005328/en/Major-Websites-Commit-24-Hour-Test-Flight-IPv6More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Addressing 2010, PotarooIt's January again, and being the start of another year, it's as gooda time as any to look at the last 12 months and see what the Internetwas up to in 2010. This is an update to the report prepared 12 monthsago when looking at 2009, so lets see what has changed in the past 12months in addressing the Internet, and look at how address allocationinformation can inform us of the changing nature of the networkitself.http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2011-01/addresses-2010.htmlMore Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

The big IPv6 experiment, IPv6 Act NowWith more than 150 million page impressions per month, heise Online isone of the biggest news sites in Germany. Globally, it is also one ofthe largest sites now running in dual-stack mode, which means thatpages can be accessed via both the conventional IPv4 and via the newerIPv6. The migration brought to light various interesting phenomena.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ipv6ActNow/~3/0ETkqfePRDU/More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policyhttp://cybertelecomclips.blogspot.com/============================================Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. – Abraham Lincoln

Net Neutrality: FCC Declares Open Internet, WISPAIt seems fitting that the Federal Communications Commission tookadvantage of yesterday's winter solstice to shine new light on itsplans to regulate the "Open Internet." By a 3-2 vote along partylines, the FCC adopted "net neutrality" rules that will govern howfixed and mobile [...]http://www.wispa.org/?p=3757More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm

Robert Cannon's IPv4 Report Headlines End of Year Publications, WISPAIndustry veteran and FCC attorney Robert Cannon's excellent reportexplains why IPv4 exhaustion is a problem, why we have warned aboutthe problem for years but why it has not actually bit yet, why it'sabout to actually, finally happen, and why, even though peopleunderstand the problem, IPv6 has not been deployed. Also in thisarticle: a report on what content people are actually paying for, anote about payment disputes in the cable industry, and a close look atClearwire's continued massive losses as Craig McCaw announces hisdeparture from the company that many WISPs dislike because anybusinessman loathes a competitor who loses $1 billion per year.http://www.wispa.org/?p=3792More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Guy Faces Five Years In Prison For Reading Wife's Email, TechdirtWe've talked a lot about how prosecutors have been abusing the CFAA(Computer Fraud and Abuse Act), which is supposed to be a law againstmalicious hacking. However, it's being stretched in all kinds of ways.It looks like similar state laws are also being abused similarly byprosecutors. A bunch of folks have sent in this story of a guy in thesuburbs of Detroit who is facing five years in prison for reading hiswife's email. He did access her laptop and then logged into her Gmailaccount using her password, which she supposedly kept in a littlenotebook next to the computer. What happened next is a bit complex, sowe'll toss it over to the Detroit Free Press to explain the chain ofevents:http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101229/00034712442/guy-faces-five-years-prison-reading-wifes-email.shtmlMore Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Flailing with IPv6, PotarooIs IPv6 a robust as IPv4? What proportion of IPv6 connections "fail"?And what causes such connection failures? These questions were raisedin a discussion at RIPE 61 in November 2010. The general conclusionappeared to be that using auto-tunnelling techniques to patch up anIPv6 connection was generally thought to be worse than just allowingthe connection to be made using IPv4. It has been observed thatvarious forms of mis-configuration and local traffic filters createasymmetric failure conditions for some clients. It is generallybelieved that this connection "failure" is sufficiently prevalent withIPv6 auto-tunnelling that it constitutes sufficient grounds to warnagainst using 6to4 at all! So how bad is it?http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2010-12/6to4fail.htmlMore Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Spam Volumes In 2010, CircleidI started hearing various people comment about lower spam volumessometime in mid December. This isn't that unusual, spam volumes arehighly variable and someone is always noticing that their spam load isgoing up or going down. The problem is extrapolating larger trendsfrom a small selection of email addresses. There's too much variationbetween email addresses and even domains to make any realistichttp://www.circleid.com/posts/20110103_spam_volumes_in_2010/More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

The FCC's Open Internet Rules – Stronger than You Think, Center forInternet and SocietySince the FCC adopted rules to protect an open Internet on Tuesday,many have asked whether the rules could have gone further to betterprotect users and innovators or whether the FCC's political strategywas flawed. These are all valid questions, and I'm sure they willcontinue to be debated for a long time. However, in this post, I wantto focus on the protections for users and innovators that the FCC didadopt.http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/6577More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm